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TOOL HANDLE No. 591,512. Patentd Oct 12;1897.

- UNITED STAT S I PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES 'A. VAUGHN, OF VINELAND, NEW JERSEY.

.-TOOL-l-|ANDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 591,512, dated October12, 1897.

Application filed June 28, 1897.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it'known that I, CHARLES A. VAUGHN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vineland, in the county of Cumberland and State of NewJersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tool-Han.-

dles, of which the following is a specification,

had therein to the accompawhich may also be used for other kinds oftools, my improved handle being of simple construction, so that it maybe cheaply manufactured, while being very strong and durable in use. 1

To this end my improved handle comprises a ferrule the outer thick endof which is provided with a hole or opening for the reception of thetang ofthe tool, and the outer 'part of which hole or opening is round,while the inner part thereof is square or is provided with one or moreflat sides, against which the square or otherwise shaped flat-sided partor parts of the tang of the tool will closely fit to prevent the toolfrom turning in the handle, the round outer part of the ferrule fittingclosely about a rounded portion of the tang of the tool to make aneatand close joint between the tool and the ferrule.

The tang of the tool is'formed square or of other angular shape, so thatitwill drive tightly into the usual round socket bored for its receptionin the tool-handle, and thus be held more or less strongly from turningin its handle, while the square or flat-sided part or parts of the tangof the tool, fitting against the correspondingly-shaped parts of theferrule, will still further resist the tendency of the tool to turn inthe handle. Thus a difficulty which sometimes arises owing to thetwisting of the tang of the tool in the wooden handle, and therebypermitting the tool to become loose from its handle, will be preventedby the resisting metallic contact or contacts between the tang of the"tool and the ferrule at the squared or angular portions of said tang andferrule.

The squared portion of the tang of the tool is made within a circlecorresponding to the Serial No. 642,626. (N6 model.)

size of the round portion thereof, thereby j forming shoulders-at thejunction of the round and squared portions of the tang, and whichshoulders will come in contact with similar shoulders on the ferrule andthus prevent the tool from being driven farther into the hanhandle, theformer is preferably provided with one or more inwardly-projecting lugs,which, as the ferrule is driven onto the handle, will take a strong holdupon the latter, and to enable the ferrule to be driven onto the handlewith a snugger or closer fit than would otherwise be practicable withoutcutting or roughening the wood Ipreferably bevel the inside of theinnerend of the ferrule at a more or less acute angle.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a view, partly in longitudinalsection, of a screw-driver embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section, and Fig. 3 is an outer end view, of my preferredform of ferrule. Fig. 4 is a cross-section through the ferrule, thetool-handle, and the tang of the tool on line 4= 4 of Fig. 1. Figs. 5and 6 are end views of ferrules embodying slight modifications of myinvention.

A denotes a tool, and B the wooden handle thereof, the tool beingprovided with the usual square tang'portion b.

C is a metal ferrule in the form of a cap having a thick outer endprovided with a hole for the passage of the tang of the tool, said holebeing formed partly round at c and partly square or of other-fiat-sidedor angular form at c. The square or angular portion 0 of the ferrule isclosely filled by the squared or angular portion b of the tang, whilethe round portion a of the ferrule is closely filled by the roundportion 1) of the tang of the tool. As the squared portion of thetool-tang is formed within a circle corresponding to the size of theround portion of the latter, there will be shoulders 19 at the junctionof the round and squared portions of the tang, and which shoulders willfit against corresponding shoulders formed on the ferrule -when the tangis driven into the handle,

thereby preventing the tang from being driven farther into the handlethan is desirable and thus avoiding any danger of splitting the saidhandle in driving the tool-tang into the latter.

The metallic contact between the squared or angular portion of thetool-tang and the correspondingly-shaped portion of the ferrule willserve to hold the tool strongly from turning in its handle, and toprevent the ferrule from turning on the handle the said ferrule ispreferably provided with one or more inwardly-projecting lugs 0 which,as the ferrule is driven onto the handle, will take a strong hold uponthe latter, as will be obvious. The inner end of the ferrule ispreferably beveled or chamfered off at c at an acute angle to enable theferrule to be driven smoothly onto the handle with a closer fit thanwould otherwise be practicable.

Vhile I prefer to form the hole in the ferrule with a squared portion 0'in connection with the rounded portion a, I do not wish to limit myinvention to the squared shape for the ferrule, as it is obvious thatthe angular portion of the hole in the ferrule might be formedtriangular, as shown in Fig. 5, or might simply have one fiat side, asshown in Fig. 6, without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent 1. A wooden tool-handle provided with a metal ferrulehaving a thick outer end with a hole or opening therethrough formedpartly round and partly angular, combined with a tool the tang of whichis provided with round and angular portions corresponding to the roundand'angular parts of said hole or opening and at the juncture of whichround and angular portions of said ferrule and tang are formedshoulders, said tang extending through said hole or opening in the outerend of said ferrule into said wooden handle with the round and angularportions of said tang opposite the round and angular parts of the saidhole or opening of the ferrule, substantially as shown and described.

2. A wooden tool-handle provided with a metal ferrule having a thickouter end with a hole or opening therethrough formed partly round andpartly angular, combined with a tool the tang of which is provided withround and angular portions corresponding to the round and angular partsof said hole or opening, with shoulders at the juncture of said roundand angular portions of said ferrule and tang, said tang extendingthrough said hole or opening in the outer end of said ferrule into saidwooden handle with the round and angular portions of said tang oppositethe round and angular parts of the said hole or opening of the ferrule,and said ferrule being provided with one or more inwardlyprojecting lugsto afford hold of the ferrule on the handle to prevent the former fromturning on the latter.

3. A wooden tool-handle provided with a metal ferrule having a thickouter end with a hole or opening therethrough formed partly round andpartly angular, combined with a tool the tang of which is provided withround and angular portions corresponding to the round and angular partsof said hole or opening, with shoulders at the juncture of said roundand angular portions of said ferrule and tang, said tang extendingthrough said hole or opening in the outer end of said ferrule into saidwooden handle with the round and angular portions of said tang oppositethe round and angular parts of the said hole or opening of the ferrule,the inner end of said ferrule being beveled or chamfered olfinternallyto enable the ferrule to be driven tightly on the handle without cuttingthe wood of the latter.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. VAUGIIN.

. \Vitnesses:

A. O. TAYLOR,

MARIE PEARL COOPER.

